Three Wounded By Shots at Captive Mine in Pennsylvan ia
Three men were shot and wounded near the Edenborn mine in Fayette County during a four day old captive coal mine strike. Pickets and non striking miners clashed as Mine Superintendent James Maher escaped injury. Roosevelt pressed for a peace formula but John L Lewis held firm as a nationwide walkout loomed.
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Washington
Fayette County
Penn- Avana
Pennsylvania
United Mine Workers
Brownev
Hosmtal
Edenborn
HL. Frick Company
James Maher
Jonn L. Lewis
Roosevelt
C.C
Navy Seeks Convoy for Armed Merchant Ships
Washington expects U S merchant vessels armed and ready to sail within 10 days. Secretary Knox said months are needed to arm ships and that convoys or escort by warships will likely begin for trans Atlantic and Pacific routes.
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Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Frank Knox
United States
U. S
Dutier
Adtusmantic
Knox
Itle
Atlantic
Paeifle
British Submarines Torch Italian Tanker and German Ship
British submarines torpedoed the Italian tanker Tampico of 4,958 tons and a German supply vessel in the Mediterranean. The tanker was seen sinking deep, and the German ship, heavily laden with escorts, was almost certainly sunk with at least one escort hit. A petrol schooner was set ablaze by gunfire.
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London
Mediterranean
Comunique
Two CCC Boys Killed In Auto Accident Near Mattoon
A car driven by Violet Pantin of Chicago struck a group of CCC youths north of Mattoon, killing Harold Phipps and George Perce of Lincoln. Nine others injured, including John Keenan, with Pantin questioned and no charges yet filed amid heavy rain and poor visibility.
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CCC
Mattoon
Lil
INS
Violet Pantin
Chicago
John Keenan
Effingham
Harold Phipps, II
George Perce
Lincoln
COC
Tusta
Til
Pantiik
Russians Halt Nazi Advance Near Volkhov Front
Red Star reports Soviet forces halted a German push toward Volkhov a vital rail junction about 60 miles east of Leningrad. Fierce fighting continued in the Tikhvin sector with Russian counterattacks aided by tanks. Berlin claimed eastern front offensives progress and bombed targets around Moscow as British port traffic faced air raids.
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Kuibyshev
Russia
Volkohov
Leningrad
Red Star
Forday
Volkhov
Murmansk
Vologda
Tikhvin
Russan
Valehay
Red Army
Berlin
Black Sea
Datriets
Lon
Vosokhov Rver
Moscow
Lenin
Mad
Adolf
Ler
East Front
Don River
Ain
English
Flanders
Wulthout
Africa
Sidi Omar
Tobruk
Moscow Reports 20 000 Germans Annihilated
Moscow reports that Russian forces annihilated more than 20,000 German troops. The note appears on page 9 column 1 and lacks additional corroborating details.
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Moscow
Eleanor Powell Plans February Wedding to Merrill Pye
Tap dancing star Eleanor Powell will wed Merrill Pye art director after finishing her new film. The Hollywood couple has been engaged for over two years and will marry in February, delaying until both could take a studio vacation.
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Eleanor Powell
Pye
Hollywood
Merrill Pye
M-Gem
Miss Powell
Unidentified Submarine Sinks Turkish Freighter Near Burgas
Late news reports from Sofia state an unidentified submarine torpedoed and sank a Turkish freighter en route from Istanbul to Burgas, with 14 crew members dead and Bulgarian officers saving four. The incident follows Tokyo Panama diplomatic protests over business bans. Horoscope and other filler text appear in the same bulletin.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Emdre
Burgas
Istanbul
Iual
Thanksgiving Day at the White House during coal strike
Washington reports President Roosevelt spends Thanksgiving at his desk watching the coal strike as cabinet members work from home and merchants dispute whether to observe an early Thanksgiving. Some states plan dual observances with a second holiday later. Roosevelt maintains duties while awaiting state decisions on the labor dispute.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Othels
Slateen
Warm Springs
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
21st Induction Call In State to Provide 2 737 More Men
Albany announces the twenty first induction call under the Selective Service Act to provide 2777 men for military training. Quotas by county include Albany 106 Allegany 37 Cattauraugus 62 Chautauqua 92 Dutchess 23 Putnam 19 Rockland 83 Saratoga 48 Schenectady 74 Ulster 83 Westchester 424 Wyoming 1 and others.
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Albany
Newerk State
Ames T. Brown
Allegany
Cattaraugus
Chautauqua
Ibia
Dutchess
Franklin
Hamilton
St i
Oran
Putnam
Renesselaer
Rockland
Saratoga
Scherectady
Schoharie
Suffolk
Sullivan
Ulster
Wareren
Washington
Westchester
Wyoming
Libyan Drive and Its Leader Prepares Coordinated Offensive
An allied backed assault advances along a 140 mile front from sea to oasis as Libyan forces led by TJ and supported by RAF Navy and British Imperial Army aim to drive Axis powers from North Africa. The operation unfolds with air and sea support penetrating from the coast toward inland fronts near Thesdar.
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R.A.F
Linga
Crare &, Fy
Royal Navy
Hminat
Ue Axis
Sertik Alteca
Ube Audis
Aed Denoas
Italy
Hegre
Deta
Thesdar
Swhn
Churchill Surges North Africa Offensive Gains Bold
Prime Minister Churchill told the House of Commons Britain has won a marked advantage in North Africa as preparations culminated in a dawn strike. He said the campaign aims to destroy German and Italian forces in a large scale mechanised battle and that the next days will reveal decisive developments.
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London
Churchill
Britain
Jong
Acroet North
Afrca
Dee
Brian
Libya
House of Commons
Yilana
Mayibe
A L C to Build 20 Locomotives for Yunnan Burma Road
A L C announced plans to build 20 steam locomotives under the Lend Lease Act for the Yunnan Burma Railway. Delivery is set for 1942 as Chinese builders start construction on the line spanning 275 miles from Yunnan to the Burma border.
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A.L.C
Yunnan-Burma
Schenectady
American Locomotive Company
Yunnan
Burma
British Libyan Blow Repulsed by German Counterattacks
Berlin asserts German and Italian counterattacks repelled strong British forces west of Sid Omar in Libya with heavy losses. The report claims the British push originated from massed positions and that numerous enemy tanks were destroyed while Stalin wanted a second front in Europe.
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Berlin
Sid Omar
Libya
Stalin
Russia
Europe
Tobruk
Pope Allows Afternoon Christmas Eve Masses in War Zones
Pope Pius XII authorized Christmas Eve masses to be held in war zones in the afternoon instead of midnight to allow attendees to return home before the blackout. The measure aims to accommodate blackout restrictions and aid worshippers during wartime.
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Vuican
Pius XII
British desert armies drive deep into North Africa in major offensive
British forces, about 750000 strong, push 50 miles on a 140 mile front in a dawn offensive aimed at decisively driving Axis from North Africa. German and Italian troops report counterblows, while Soviet and Russian positions near Moscow face renewed German pressure with heavy fighting at Volokolamsk Kalinin and Tula. In Vichy affairs Petain solidifies control as Weygand departs North Africa.
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Associated Press
Britain
Linga
North Africa
Moscow
Volokolamsk
Ioscow
Kalinin
Tula
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